Guy that sued subway for their "footlong" sandwitches is now suing gamestop for a DLC 08-12-2013, 01:17 AM
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A federal judge has allowed a person to proceed with the lawsuit against game chain GameStop. John Farley in New Jersey has gone to court after being dissatisfied by buying used games at games giant. After purchasing games that require online access to full ding gaming experience, he has now experienced what "one time codes" are. Not surprisingly, the codes that came with the game used by the guy that bought it new, and to get access to exclusive DLC and online services he has to buy a new copy of the game. Farley believes this is misleading information and has taken the case to court.
Part of the lawsuit is justified by the cover of the game emphasizes that downloadable content is free with the purchase, and GameStop intentionally fails to mention extra costs of buying a used game from them.
Now that the case goes to court and will not be stopped on the basis of obvious reasons for denial. There are two other unnamed people who are also part of the lawsuit.
Online access codes has often been criticized by consumers and believed to be a violation of their rights, and earlier this year announced EA that they would stop using online passes for all their current and future games.
It is also worth mentioning that Farley has sued Subway on the basis that they are not a foot-long (12 inches) but only 11 inches long, and thus engaged in improper advertising. The outcome of this trial is not mentioned.
Sources: http://www.spill.no/default.aspx?section...el&id=4594
Part of the lawsuit is justified by the cover of the game emphasizes that downloadable content is free with the purchase, and GameStop intentionally fails to mention extra costs of buying a used game from them.
Now that the case goes to court and will not be stopped on the basis of obvious reasons for denial. There are two other unnamed people who are also part of the lawsuit.
Online access codes has often been criticized by consumers and believed to be a violation of their rights, and earlier this year announced EA that they would stop using online passes for all their current and future games.
It is also worth mentioning that Farley has sued Subway on the basis that they are not a foot-long (12 inches) but only 11 inches long, and thus engaged in improper advertising. The outcome of this trial is not mentioned.
Sources: http://www.spill.no/default.aspx?section...el&id=4594
Question Wrote:Do you think it was right of this guy to sue gamestop for a game that costs like $20 and pay like 100x that just to prove a point, or do you think that he's just a douchebag that is going around suing people to make some easy money? Leave your answers below in the post field.